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The firm orange flesh is delicious eaten fresh or dried.  What a great way to extend your harvest!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly 300 chill hours needed to reliably bloom and set large quantities of fruit. Especially well-suited for warm climates. 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Also called Dinosaur Egg, due to its mottled green exterior that contrasts so vividly with the deep maroon flesh. A taste test winner!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the fields of the famous Floyd Zeiger. Will require an Asian plum as a pollinizer. Needs approx 700-800 chill hours to reliably set fruit. 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The kernal of this small, sweet fruit is the primary source of oil for the Hunza, and many claims are made concerning its properties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKernals must be roasted or otherwise cooked before eating. The Hunza leave the fruit on the tree to dry before harvesting, but we can't recommend this method for those of us in wetter climates! The flesh of the fruit, when cooked, has a deep toffee flavor. 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We tasted it in Russia at the Krymsk Station near the Caucasus mountain range and were transported by the flavor. The skin of the tasty oval fruit is mildly fuzzy, somewhat like an apricot, but is a dark purple instead of yellow-orange. The succulent flesh is marbled red and yellow. While the tree is not terribly prolific of fruit, what does set is usually excellent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tree's many showy, white blossoms appear slightly later than other apricots, but are reliably pollinized by apricots. 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